Legal Opinion

Seegars, Sandra v. Ashcroft, John

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided February 8, 2005No. 04-5016, 04-5081PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs raise Second Amendment and local law claims against provisions of the District of Columbia’s criminal code that bar them from registering and lawfully possessing pistols within the District of Columbia, or maintaining firearms in their homes free of mandates that they be unloaded and disassembled, or secured by a trigger lock. The district court held that the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the provisions limiting the…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by72 opinions

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  4. National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Ass'n v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
  5. Ord v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009

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